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Charu Haasan
S. Charuhasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films. He won the National Film Award for Best ActorSubha J Rao,Entertainment for a cause, The Hindu, 30 August 2004 and the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for the Kannada film ''Tabarana Kathe'' (1987). Charuhasan is the elder brother of veteran actor Kamal Haasan and father of Indian actress Suhasini. Early life Charuhasan was born on 5 January 1931 to lawyer and Indian independence activist D. Srinivasan and his wife Rajalakshmi. He was the eldest son of the couple and more than twenty-four years older than his youngest brother Kamal Haasan. Charuhasan had a different schooling to other children his age; due to an accident he was unable to attend school for the first few years of his life and had a private tutor give him a basic education. He was directly admitted to fifth grade at the age of nine. In 1949, Charuhas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramakudi
Paramakudi, also Paramagudi, is the largest town in the district of Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu, with a population of over 95,579 (2011 census). It has been the taluk headquarters since 1918, i.e. from the date of formation of Ramanathapuram District. Paramakudi consists of two separate settlements, Paramakudi and Emaneswaran from the first half of this century. These settlements were classified as separate towns in the census records from 1901 to 1961 and then merged together to form the present municipal town in 1964. The area of the town is 13.45 km2. The strength of the council is 36. The river Vaigai flows through Paramakudi on its way to the Bay of Bengal. History Paramakudi area was ruled by the Pandyan dynasty and later by Sethupathi of Ramanathapuram. According to the ancient epic ''Ramayana'', Lord Rama started his battle against Ravana at Sethu Canal, 45 minutes away. In the late 12th and early 13th century, this province was ruled by Hazrat Sulthan Syed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedham Pudhithu
''Vedham Pudhithu'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Bharathiraja. It is based on the play ''Saadhigal Illaiyadi Papa'' written by K. Kannan, who after this film came to be known as ''Vedham Pudhithu'' Kannan. The film stars Sathyaraj, Saritha and Amala, with Raja, Charuhasan, Nizhalgal Ravi, Janagaraj and Master Dasarathi in supporting roles. It revolves around an atheist whose son falls in love with a Brahmin woman in the same village, leading to catastrophic consequences. ''Vedham Pudhithu'' criticises the caste system, Tamil Brahminism and their hypocrisies. It was released on 27 December 1987, and became controversial for its depiction of Tamil Brahmins, with the Tamil Nadu Brahmins Association calling for its banning. Despite this, it became a critical and commercial success. The film won three Filmfare Awards South – Best Film – Tamil, Best Director – Tamil and Best Actor – Tamil (Sathyaraj) – and two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanchanam
''Kanchanam'' is a 1996 Indian Malayalam film directed by TN Vasanth Kumar and starring Manoj K Jayan and Srividya in the lead roles.http://www.malayalamcinema.com/userreview_kanchanam-.htm Cast * Srividya as Arundhathi Devi * Manoj K Jayan as James Antony * Thilakan as Jose * Madhupal as Siddhu * Prathapachandran as Adv Swami * Harishree Ashokan as Easho * Jose Pallissery as Pattar * NF Varghese as Prof Ravi * Narendra Prasad as Billiards Menon * Vinduja Menon as Anu *Usharani as Muthassi *Mafia Sasi as Minister's driver *Charuhasan as Minister *Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Leader *Kanakalatha as Prof Ravi's wife *Sadiq as SP John Scaria *Kanya Bharathi Sri Kanya, Kanya Bharathi and mononymously known as Kanya, is an Indian actress known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil television soap operas. She made her debut with Ente Sooryaputhrikku and later went on to act in several Malayalam film ... as Meera *Ragini as Khusboo References External links * 1996 films 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhari (film)
''Gandhari'' is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Sunil and written by Sab John. The film stars Madhavi, Babu Antony and Siddique. The film tells the story of a woman who wants to take revenge on the people who had once cheated her with a fake drug case and tortured her. Plot Madhavi (Aparna) is rich enough to hire anybody. Madhavi hires babu Antony with his friend Zainuddin and two other friends. Madhavi want to get revenge against Soman and Rajan P. Dev, who earlier, arrested, made false evidence, put Madhavi in jail and also tortured her inside the jail for a new cocaine type drug formula. The drug formula detail was given by her professor Charuhasan to the two villains. But Madhavi never gave the formula. For the formula, the villains kill Sai Kumar, husband of Madhavi and make it as a case of suicide. Madhavi comes out of jail after jail punishment, but again gets attacked by local goons. Madhavi jumps into the river, escapes to Mumbai and works t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aayushkalam
''Aayushkalam'' () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language ghost film directed by Kamal and written by Vinu Kiriyath and Rajan Kiriyath. It stars Mukesh and Jayaram in the lead roles and Sreenivasan, Sai Kumar and Gavin Packard in supporting roles. The film was a commercial success at the box office. ''Aayushkalam'' is based on the Hollywood films ''Ghost'' and '' Heart Condition'' and was in turn remade in Hindi as '' Hello Brother''. Plot Balakrishnan (Mukesh) is a heart patient, yet he drinks and smokes a lot. He works in a bank. He urgently needs a heart transplant, for which he is unlikely to receive a heart and has given up all hope of living any longer. Surprisingly and luckily he receives the heart of Aby Mathew (Jayaram), a youth who has died in a car accident. The surgery is performed after both families agree to it. Gradually, Balakrishnan recovers from the surgery. Soon after he is discharged from the hospital, he visits the doctor and asks him who gave him the heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randam Varavu
''Randam Varavu'' () is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film, directed by K. Madhu and written by John Paul. The film stars Jayaram, Rekha, Jagathy Sreekumar and Sukumaran. The film's musical score is by Shyam. This film was a box office flop. Plot Jayakumar is a probationary officer in Air India. He is married to Indu, who is a homemaker. Indu had married Jayakumar against the wishes of her father, and so her father is not in good terms with them. Their marriage was solemnised in the presence of Sivanandji, a well known musician and singer. Jayakumar was having a good time with his family and friends. Their joy has no bounds when Indu becomes pregnant. At that time, Jayakumar receives a letter from his native place inviting him to come to pay homage to his father's brother, who had died a year ago. Jayakumar starts in a train and reaches the railway station at midnight. Since there were no cabs available at the station and he had to travel another 40 km, he wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vachanam
Vachanam is a 1990 Malayalam movie directed by Lenin Rajendran. Starring: Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Sithara, Charuhasan.The filim has musical score compossed by Mohan Sithara.This movie depict the mystery and workship. The movie is a perfect commercial movie with an added class. The thematic treatment is the main reason why it still stands out as a cult movie. Cast * Jayaram as Gopan * Thilakan as Police Officer * Sithara as Maya * Suresh Gopi as Ravi * Charuhasan as Vishnuji *Sreevidya as Aryadevi * Nedumudi Venu as Lawyer * Mamukkoya Plot The film starts with Ravi (Suresh Gopi) is attacked by a group of people on a rainy night. His friend Gopan (Jayaram) finds Ravi unconscious on the road and seeks help from the Police. By the time Gopan arrives with the police force, Ravi is missing. The story then flashes back to a few months back when Ravi followed by Gopan arrives at Shanthigiri monastery for research. Vishnuji, the spiritual head is running the monastery with the help of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adharvam
''Adharvam'' (Malayalam: അഥര്വ്വം) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Dennis Joseph and written by Shibu Chakravarthy, starring Mammootty, Ganesh Kumar, Charuhasan, Silk Smitha, Thilakan, and Parvathy. Mammootty played the role of Anantha Padmanabhan, an expert in mystic tantric rituals. The songs and background score of the movie were by Ilaiyaraaja. Plot Thevalli Namboodiri(Charuhasan) is a renowned astrologer. One day while helping the people of his village to find the root cause of some mishaps, Thevalli finds out that the problems are due to the black magic and other tantric kriyas performed by Mekkadan Namboodiri. On the request of the villagers, Thevalli goes to meet Mekkadan, who is also a childhood friend, but Mekkadan does not value the words of Thevalli and moreover tells him that his illicit son born out of a low caste woman Malu (Jayabharathi) will become his disciple and practice these dark arts. Thevalli becomes concerned. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unni Vanna Divasam
''Unni Vanna Divasam'' is a 1984 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Rajan Balakrishnan and produced by K. G. Mohan. The film stars Sukumari, Sankaradi, Captain Raju and Rajkumar in the lead roles. The film has musical score by A. T. Ummer. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Love Birds''. Cast * Sukumari as Sharada * Sankaradi as Kurup * Captain Raju as Ashok * Rajkumar as Unni *Suhasini as Anu *Charuhasan as Nair Soundtrack The music was composed by A. T. Ummer Anjukandy Thalakkal Ummer ( ml, അഞ്ചുകണ്ടി തളയ്ക്കൽ ഉമ്മർ) (10 March 1933 – 18 October 2001) was a Malayalam music composer from Kerala, India. He is known for composing many soft melodies for 174 ... and the lyrics were written by Devadas. References External links * 1984 films 1980s Malayalam-language films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vazhiyorakazchakal
''Vazhiyorakazchakal'' is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language mystery drama film, directed and produced by Thampi Kannanthanam under the banner of Sharon Films based on a screenplay by Dennis Joseph. The film stars Mohanlal, Ratheesh and Ambika in lead roles along with Jagathy Sreekumar, Suresh Gopi and M. G. Soman appearing in other pivotal roles. The film has musical score by S. P. Venkatesh. This film was a commercial success. The film ran for 50 days in 9 release centers. Plot Baburaj, an IPS officer after marrying Sreedevi meets with a terrible accident. Sreedevi takes her husband to their Kodaikanal estate to help him recover. There she meets Raghavan, a Malayali driver who later helps her to take care of Babu. Sreedevi's lecher uncle Ravi pesters her with sexual advances. Baburaj, by the help of Ayurveda recovers quickly and realizes from the police diary that Raghavan is actually Lance Naik Antony Isaac who had helped Babu during his Dehradun training and in that time, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kubi Matthu Iyala
''Kubi Matthu Iyala'' is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed and produced by Sadanand Suvarna and written by Poornachandra Tejaswi based on his own story. The film featured Charuhasan , Raghubir Yadav, Lalithanjali and Vaishali Kasaravalli in the lead roles along with a large number of theater artistes in key supporting roles. The film's music was composed by L. Vaidyanathan and cinematography is G. S. Bhaskar. The plot revolves around a remote village which is filled with superstitious beliefs and a doctor stationed in the village tries to wipe out all the superstition among the villagers. The film featured in various film festivals both domestically and internationally. The film also won many awards including Karnataka State and Filmfare Awards. Cast * Charuhasan * Raghubir Yadav * Lalithanjali * Vaishali Kasaravalli * A. B. Jayaram * Rudramurthy * Savanth * Seetharamachar * Ashwath Narayana * A. R. Chandrashekar * Balakrishna Rai * B. S. Achar * Umes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Kannada Actor
''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. The magazine also gives annually the Filmfare Awards, the Filmfare Awards South, the Filmfare Awards East, the Filmfare Marathi Awards, the Filmfare Awards Punjabi, the Filmfare OTT Awards, the Filmfare Short Film Awards and the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards. After the businessman Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) of Dalmia Group purchased Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) in 1946, J. C. Jain from Bharat Insurance Company was employed to help him to run the company in 1950. In this period, Jain conceived the idea of ''Filmfare'' at the actress Kamini Kaushal's house. The magazine was launched by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain alongside his wife Rama in Bombay on 7 March 1952. Its publication's circulatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
